alcoholizable (alkoholizabl)

[ cornoque, the bark of several species of Byrsonima , used in tanning.-European alcornoque, the bark of the smaller branches of the cork-oak, Quercus suber. alcove (al'kōv or al-kōv'), n. [F. alcôve , alcova , alcovo = OF. aucube , tent, = Pr. alcuba , alcova , now alcoba , = Pg. alcova , a rece , al - qobbah , al , the, + qobbah , a vault, a vaulted space, dome, tent, alcove, qubba , vault, arch, dome. No connection with E. covel .] A covered rece . Specifically-(a) In the strictest sense, any rece ed bay or small room attached to a larger one, having a coved or vaulted ceiling. (6) Most commonly, a rece in a room for the reception of a bed, one of the re- building, a niche for a seat or statue, etc. (c) An arched ce es or separate compartments for books in a library or covered seat in a garden, or any natural rece , as a clear space in a grove or wood, a small bay, a place nearly inclosed by rocks or hills, and the like. [In this use, chiefly poetical.] On mo y banks, beneath the citron grove, The youthful wand'rers found a wide alcove . IMG:content-0476.png:[blocks in formation] 1, Sea-fan (Rhipidogorgia flabellum); 2, Sea-pen ( Pennatula phosphore a); 3, Cornu lari a rugosa. called dead men's fingers; (b) the Gorgon i aceæ, or sea-fans, which are branched calcareous or horny corals; (c) the Isi daceæ, which are alternately calcareous and horny; (d) the Tubiporaceæ, or organ-pipe corals, which are tubular; and (e) the Pennatulaceæ, or sea-pens. See these words. Some species have the appearance of sponges, others resemble fans, feathers, stars, etc. Also called Halcyonoida. alcyonarian (al"si-ō-nā'ri-an), a. and n. Alcyonaria + -an.] I. a. Relating or pertaining to the order or to a member of the order Alcyonaria. Equivalent terms are halcyonoid and asteroidal. [ II. n. One of the Alcyonaria (which see). Various forms of alcyonarians , a special group of corals, were found at considerable depths. Science , IV. 171. Also written halcyonarian . Alcyone (al-si'ō-ne), n. [L.,